Improvement in rein-holders



l. ILUWTH.

Rein-Holders.

Paented S'ept. 8,1874.

7722 eases.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES LOWTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN REIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,877, dated September 8, 1R74; application filed March 7, 1874.

To all whom t may. concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LOWTH, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew Rein-Clasp; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The invention is an improvement in the class of devices qin which the reins are held by a spring-clamp. The improvement consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, whereby a movable clamping-bar is pivoted and supported centrally, and the reins may be respectively 4drawn in opposite directions under and from beneath said bar. It

, also consists in the relative construction and arrangement of the movable and fixed clamping bars, which permit the reins to be drawn through orbetween them in 011e direction only, as hereinafter described. A In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig.' 2 a sectional elevation, of my improved holder. i

The shaft b, on which the clamping-bar f is pivoted by means of bearings e, is supported horizontally at its center in the upper end of a bar, c, which is attached vertically to the dash-board of the vehicle. The bar c has an oiset or angle immediately below the shaft b, thus forming a support or bearing for the spiral spring g, which acts on aright-angled arm, d, formed in one piece with the clamping-bar f, causing the latter to press irmly into the groove or angle of the fixed or lower clamping-bar a, as shown in Fig. 2. The angle-bar a is formed in one piece with, or else securely attached to, the bar c, just below the offset or shoulder, and is so reduced and so shaped at its ends as to adapt it for attachment to the top or edge of the dash-board. The bar f is curved at its ends, as clearly shown in Fig. l, so that the reins may be drawn laterally under it, on each side, without hinderance or delay. In other holders oi' this class the movable clamping-bar is pivoted on the horizontal arm of an L-shaped bracket or support, and thus, whilethe reins must be drawn under the cla-mp on one side only. there is always a lack of strength and force in the holder. The bar f clamps the reins firmly in the angle of bar a, and thus prevents them being drawn in one direction, t'. e., toward the horse, while allowing them to be drawn in the opposite one, or toward the seat of the vehicle.

I do not claim the combination, in a reinholder, of a pivoted spring clamping-bar with a iixed bar but I claim- 1. The shaft b, supported centrally in the vertical bar c, the clamping-bar f, curved at its ends, which\connect with said shaft, and having the angle-bar d, the spring g, and horizontal stationary bar a, all combined as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the stationary bar a, having a right-angled groove, of the pivoted clamping-bar f, adapted to press into said groove, as shown and described.

JAMES LowTH.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. DIERLE, J onN FRASER. 

